Thriving Northern Villages

Purpose and goal:

The project aims to explore and demonstrate new ways to collaborate and create mobility solutions that can contribute to viability and attractively in sparsely populated areas. The project aims to create future prototypes that illustrate the connection between mobility and social sustainability and how different solutions can contribute to increased accessibility and quality of life.

The prototype is inspired by the "15-minute city" and intends to shape future mobility solutions through multifunctional nodes where functions, systems and meeting places reinforce each other. Expected results and effects:

The project should result in prototypes that exemplify innovative mobility solutions that promote viable and attractive sparsely populated areas. The vision is that the results from the project should act as a catalyst for new conversations, insights and a positive development in sparsely populated areas by inspiring and opening up new ways forward.

The project will also contribute to promoting a more efficient use of local initiatives and resources to create a more sustainable and viable environment. Approach and implementation:

RISE leads a co-creative creative process, based on Boden municipality´s service points, in four phases; Mapping of conditions for mobility, Vision for the future, Possibilities and user scenarios and Prototyping. Collaboration with the project´s reference group and network consists of site visits, interviews and workshops. The future prototypes must be shaped both based on needs and opportunities in sparsely populated areas and possible futures, which creates a basis for reflection from both residents of the area, the public, municipality and other relevant actors.